Building In-Community Caregiving Capacity - 2026 05 17
Iris blooms in the first rays of sun as we move closer to solstice and the early morning sun moves further north, rising over the shoulder of Mount Seymour. It has been a while since I last posted on this topic. In the meantime, I have been writing songs and making drawings to make meaning of life: what it means to be seventy years old, what it means to be a woman in times of catastrophic system collapse, what it means to rebuild my life after looking after Mom, what it means to live in a world that no longer has my Mom's smiling face and warms hands nearby. I have taken time to recover from the mental, emotional and physical burnout after 3 years of operating a long term care bed for Mom in our home. I am still recovering from the financial impact of those years. At the same time, as I recover, I continue to think about the systemic deficiencies that contributed to the hardships we endured because we decided to bring Mom home. As I recover from my own caregiving experience, I no...